diff --git a/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/asm/mixin/struct/MemberRef.java b/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/asm/mixin/struct/MemberRef.java
index 985cec013..58872b125 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/asm/mixin/struct/MemberRef.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/asm/mixin/struct/MemberRef.java
@@ -331,6 +331,15 @@ public void setHandle(int tag, String owner, String name, String desc, boolean i
      */
     public abstract void setDesc(String desc);
 
+    /**
+     * Whether the owner of this member is a mixin.
+     * @return Whether the owner of this member is a mixin.
+     */
+    public boolean ownerIsMixin() {
+        String owner = getOwner();
+        return !owner.startsWith("[") && ClassInfo.forName(owner).isMixin();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return String.format("%s for %s.%s%s%s", Bytecode.getOpcodeName(this.getOpcode()), this.getOwner(), this.getName(), this.isField() ? ":" : "",
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/asm/mixin/transformer/MixinTargetContext.java b/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/asm/mixin/transformer/MixinTargetContext.java
index a97fc0b78..3c891756f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/asm/mixin/transformer/MixinTargetContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/spongepowered/asm/mixin/transformer/MixinTargetContext.java
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ private void transformMethodRef(MethodNode method, Iterator<AbstractInsnNode> it
         } else if (this.detachedSuper || this.inheritsFromMixin) {
             if (methodRef.getOpcode() == Opcodes.INVOKESPECIAL) {
                 this.updateStaticBinding(method, methodRef);
-            } else if (methodRef.getOpcode() == Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL && ClassInfo.forName(methodRef.getOwner()).isMixin()) {
+            } else if (methodRef.getOpcode() == Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL && methodRef.ownerIsMixin()) {
                 this.updateDynamicBinding(method, methodRef);
             }
         }
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ private void updateBinding(MethodNode method, MemberRef methodRef, Traversal tra
                         + " but is mixin.");
             }
             methodRef.setOwner(superMethod.getImplementor().getName());
-        } else if (ClassInfo.forName(methodRef.getOwner()).isMixin()) {
+        } else if (methodRef.ownerIsMixin()) {
             throw new MixinTransformerError("Error resolving " + methodRef + " in " + this);
         }
     }